Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Pushya and Purva Ashadha nakshatra matching
10.5–11.5 of 36 with Pushya as bride, 11.5–12.5 with Purva Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Sheep yoni · Deva gana | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Monkey yoni · Manushya gana
Pushya as bride
10.5–11.5
of 36
Purva Ashadha as bride
11.5–12.5
of 36
Across all padas
11.5
one answer
Four of the eight kootas — Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi — are settled by the two birth stars alone, before anyone asks about a pada; the other four are read from the Moon rashi, which a pada can move. For Pushya with Purva Ashadha not one of the eight reaches full marks — every one of them carries a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Yoni (0 of 4), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Graha Maitri (4 of 5), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest is Nadi, where Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) gives 0 of 8.
A boundary is crossed and the result survives it: Purva Ashadha passes the mid-point of Sagittarius after pada 1, which moves it from the Manav vashya group into Chatushpada. Vashya reads differently either side of it, and yet every one of the sixteen combinations still lands on 11.5 of 36 on the conservative reading. 120 of the 351 pairs are untouched by the pada altogether; this one is one of 26 touched everywhere except in the total.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Pushya and Purva Ashadha, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Pushya bride | Purva Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya · Pushya: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Ashadha: Manav · Pushya: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Pushya: Kshema (4) · from Purva Ashadha: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Pushya: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Pushya: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Pushya: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Cancer — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 10.5–11.5 | 11.5–12.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Cancer — 6/8. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Pushya: Sheep. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Pushya: Kshema (4) · from Purva Ashadha: Vadha (7). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Pushya: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Pushya: Moon. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Ashadha: Manav · Pushya: Jalachar. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya · Pushya: Brahmin. A deliberately one-way test on rank, failed in this direction. It is one point of thirty-six.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Pushya’s table and Purva Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Pushya runs Cancer 3°20′ – 16°40′ and Purva Ashadha runs Sagittarius 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 146°40′ and 173°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Pushya as bride first, Purva Ashadha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Pushya ↓ / Purva Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 10.5 / 11.5 | 10.5 / 11.5 | 10.5 / 11.5 | 10.5 / 11.5 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 10.5 / 11.5 | 10.5 / 11.5 | 10.5 / 11.5 | 10.5 / 11.5 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 10.5 / 11.5 | 10.5 / 11.5 | 10.5 / 11.5 | 10.5 / 11.5 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 10.5 / 11.5 | 10.5 / 11.5 | 10.5 / 11.5 | 10.5 / 11.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 1 guna to every cell. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. Dimmed cells fall below it; the nakshatra finder returns the pada from a birth date, time and place.
The Two Doshas, and Whether They Are Cancelled
Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.
Nadi Koota — 0 of 8
Pushya and Purva Ashadha are both Madhya (Pitta), so the plain rule gives nothing. None of the three recognised cancellations reaches this pair — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — so the eight guna are lost and 28 is the ceiling for Pushya with Purva Ashadha however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Moon and Jupiter, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
A cancellation is relief, not a score adjustment — the koota still reads zero above. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.
Two Tests Outside the 36
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Pushya to Purva Ashadha is 13 and back is 16, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 13 stars between them, against a favourable set of 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 and 25. 108 of the 351 pairs land on one of those.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 13 with Pushya as bride, 16 with Purva Ashadha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Pushya is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Purva Ashadha is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 11.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 27th place in Pushya's table, 25th in Purva Ashadha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Pushya’s table
27th of 27
Purva Ashadha scores 11.5 there outright. Pushya’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 28.5 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Pushya can reach — all 27 rows.
In Purva Ashadha’s table
25th of 27
Pushya scores 11.5 there outright. Purva Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9 to 31 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
One number cannot carry a marriage. Ashtakoot reads a single point from each chart — the Moon — so two people born hours apart with the Moon in Pushya score identically here whatever else their charts do. The seventh house and its lord, Venus, Mars and Mangal dosha, and the dasha each partner is running are all outside it, and any of them can matter more than the difference between below the conventional threshold and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Pushya page and the Purva Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Pushya and Purva Ashadha score?
Are Pushya and Purva Ashadha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Pushya and Purva Ashadha?
Do Pushya and Purva Ashadha have Nadi dosha?
Is it better for Pushya to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Pushya and Purva Ashadha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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